transponders in EU

[Sandro]

Hallo,

In Holland it looks like they are going to make Transponders mode S obligatory
on all sailplanes, starting mid 2008 (the starting date has been postponed a
couple of times already but it looks like it is really going to happen, sooner
or later).

I was wondering what is the situation in other countries (I am particularly
interested in Germany, France, Switzerland,Austria).

I know in Germany there are TMZ (transponder mandatory zones) already, but I
have no idea if at some point all gliders will be expected to have a
transponder. (BTW, is it possible to find an online summary of these TMZ without
having to give my mobile phone number to the Deutsche Flugsicherung?).

Any comment is welcome,

Sandro

[Andreas Alin]

Sandro schrieb:
> Hallo,
>
> In Holland it looks like they are going to make Transponders mode S obligatory
> on all sailplanes, starting mid 2008 (the starting date has been postponed a
> couple of times already but it looks like it is really going to happen, sooner
> or later).
>
> I was wondering what is the situation in other countries (I am particularly
> interested in Germany, France, Switzerland,Austria).
>

Hi Sandro,

here is a short german text about the sitation germany:
http://www.daec.de/te/transponder.php (german).

To make a long story short:
From 31th march 2008 (for new aircrafts the date was 31. march 2005)
all VFR-Flights need to have a mode S transponder in following airspaces:

- Class C and D. (A and B don't exists in germany)
- Transponder Mandatory Zone – TMZ
- in controlled Airspace (this includes also E) during night flights
- motor-powered aircrafts, excepts their current operation mode is
soaring, in heights about 5000 ft above seelevel and 3500 ft GND.


> I know in Germany there are TMZ (transponder mandatory zones) already, but I
> have no idea if at some point all gliders will be expected to have a
> transponder. (BTW, is it possible to find an online summary of these TMZ without
> having to give my mobile phone number to the Deutsche Flugsicherung?).

I don't know an online summary, but you can see them on the ICAO charts.
Most of them are in the very western parts of germany.

Andreas


>
> Any comment is welcome,
>
> Sandro
>
>

[Sandro]

Thanks!

Sandro
Andreas Alin wrote:
> Sandro schrieb:
>> Hallo,
>>
>> In Holland it looks like they are going to make Transponders mode S
>> obligatory
>> on all sailplanes, starting mid 2008 (the starting date has been
>> postponed a
>> couple of times already but it looks like it is really going to
>> happen, sooner
>> or later).
>>
>> I was wondering what is the situation in other countries (I am
>> particularly
>> interested in Germany, France, Switzerland,Austria).
>>
>
> Hi Sandro,
>
> here is a short german text about the sitation germany:
> http://www.daec.de/te/transponder.php (german).
>
> To make a long story short:
> From 31th march 2008 (for new aircrafts the date was 31. march 2005) all
> VFR-Flights need to have a mode S transponder in following airspaces:
>
> - Class C and D. (A and B don't exists in germany)
> - Transponder Mandatory Zone – TMZ
> - in controlled Airspace (this includes also E) during night flights
> - motor-powered aircrafts, excepts their current operation mode is
> soaring, in heights about 5000 ft above seelevel and 3500 ft GND.
>
>
>> I know in Germany there are TMZ (transponder mandatory zones) already,
>> but I
>> have no idea if at some point all gliders will be expected to have a
>> transponder. (BTW, is it possible to find an online summary of these
>> TMZ without
>> having to give my mobile phone number to the Deutsche Flugsicherung?).
>
> I don't know an online summary, but you can see them on the ICAO charts.
> Most of them are in the very western parts of germany.
>
> Andreas
>
>
>>
>> Any comment is welcome,
>>
>> Sandro
>>
>>